USA: Mississippi

Special Olympics is a global organization that serves athletes with intellectual disabilities working with hundreds of thousands of volunteers and coaches each year. Since the establishment of Special Olympics in 1968, the number of people with and without intellectual disabilities who are involved with the organization has been growing, but the unmet need to reach more people with intellectual disabilities is staggering.

It’s at the local level--right here--where interested volunteers meet the athletes. That’s where the perceptions start to change and where the miracle of transformation takes place.

Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Those activities give them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.

Founded in 1968 Special Olympics Mississippi provides services and opportunities to 14,723 athletes, supported by 2,943 volunteer coaches, and we host 76 competitions annually.

Through sports, health, education and community programming, Special Olympics is tackling inactivity, intolerance, isolation and injustice that people with intellectual disabilities throughout the world face. In addition to sports, our programmatic offerings currently include: Athlete Leadership Programs, Healthy Athletes, Young Athletes Program, Special Olympics Unified Sports, and Law Enforcement Torch Run.

Upcoming Events

Spread the Word Day

Wed Mar 07, 201808:00 AM - 02:45 PM

Our Unified Club and YAC are hosting a Spread the Word Day campaign for our school. We will have a table during breaks and lunch so that students can take the pledge and learn how we can live unified every day. We will also be telling them about our Unified Club, sports, etc.

Spread the Word Day

Wed Mar 07, 201808:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Our Unified Club and YAC are hosting a Spread the Word Day campaign for our school. We will have a table during breaks and lunch so that students can take the pledge and learn how we can live unified every day. We will also be telling them about our Unified Club, sports, etc.

Spread the Word Day

Wed Mar 07, 201808:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Our Unified Club and YAC are hosting a Spread the Word Day campaign for our school. We will have a table during breaks and lunch so that students can take the pledge and learn how we can live unified every day. We will also be telling them about our Unified Club, sports, etc.

Spread the Word Day

Wed Mar 07, 201808:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Our Unified Club and YAC are hosting a Spread the Word Day campaign for our school. We will have a table during breaks and lunch so that students can take the pledge and learn how we can live unified every day. We will also be telling them about our Unified Club, sports, etc.

Spread the Word Day

Wed Mar 07, 201808:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Our Unified Club and YAC are hosting a Spread the Word Day campaign for our school. We will have a table during breaks and lunch so that students can take the pledge and learn how we can live unified every day. We will also be telling them about our Unified Club, sports, etc.

Spread the Word Day

Wed Mar 07, 201808:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Our Unified Club and YAC are hosting a Spread the Word Day campaign for our school. We will have a table during breaks and lunch so that students can take the pledge and learn how we can live unified every day. We will also be telling them about our Unified Club, sports, etc.

Spread the Word Day

Wed Mar 07, 201808:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Our Unified Club and YAC are hosting a Spread the Word Day campaign for our school. We will have a table during breaks and lunch so that students can take the pledge and learn how we can live unified every day. We will also be telling them about our Unified Club, sports, etc.

Spread the Word Day

Wed Mar 07, 201808:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Our Unified Club and YAC are hosting a Spread the Word Day campaign for our school. We will have a table during breaks and lunch so that students can take the pledge and learn how we can live unified every day. We will also be telling them about our Unified Club, sports, etc.

Spread the Word Day

Wed Mar 07, 201808:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Our Unified Club and YAC are hosting a Spread the Word Day campaign for our school. We will have a table during breaks and lunch so that students can take the pledge and learn how we can live unified every day. We will also be telling them about our Unified Club, sports, etc.

Spread the Word Day

Wed Mar 07, 201808:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Our Unified Club and YAC are hosting a Spread the Word Day campaign for our school. We will have a table during breaks and lunch so that students can take the pledge and learn how we can live unified every day. We will also be telling them about our Unified Club, sports, etc.

Spread the Word Day

Wed Mar 07, 201808:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Our Unified Club and YAC are hosting a Spread the Word Day campaign for our school. We will have a table during breaks and lunch so that students can take the pledge and learn how we can live unified every day. We will also be telling them about our Unified Club, sports, etc.

University of Southern Mississippi 118 College DrHattiesburg, Mississippi USA

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Areas Served

Adams County, Alcorn County, Amite County, Attala County, Benton County, Bolivar County, Calhoun County, Carroll County, Chickasaw County, Choctaw County, Claiborne County, Clarke County, Clay County, Coahoma County, Copiah County, Covington County, DeSoto County, Forrest County, Franklin County, George County, Greene County, Grenada County, Hancock County, Harrison County, Hinds County, Holmes County, Humphreys County, Issaquena County, Itawamba County, Jackson County, Jasper County, Jefferson County, Jefferson Davis County, Jones County, Kemper County, Lafayette County, Lamar County, Lauderdale County, Lawrence County, Leake County, Lee County, County, Leflore Lincoln County, Lowndes County, Madison County, Marion County, Marshall County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Neshoba County, Newton County, Noxubee County, Oktibbeha County, Panola County, Pearl River County, Perry County, Pike County, Pontotoc County, Prentiss County, Quitman County, Rankin County, Scott County, Sharkey County, Simpson County, Smith County, Stone County, Sunflower County, Tallahatchie County, Tate County, Tippah County, Tishomingo County, Tunica County, Union County, Walthall County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, Webster County, Wilkinson County, Winston County, Yalobusha County, Yazoo County